Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Neogastropoda |
| Family: Cancellariidae |
| Genus: Massyla |
| Species: Massyla venusta (Tuomey and Holmes, 1856) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Caloosahatchee Formation |
| Nashua Formation |
| Waccamaw Formation |
| Jackson Bluff Formation |
| Duplin Formation |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) |
Remarks
Synonymy: Cancellaria venusta Tuomey and Holmes, 1856: p. 144, pl. 28, fig. 18. Cancellaria venusta Tuomey and Holmes. Dall, 1890: p. 43, pl. 3, fig. 12.
Type Specimen: Possibly AMNH FI 33917 (previously AMNH 11347)
Original Description: From Tuomey and Holmes 1856, p. 144: “C. testa sub-fusiforni, turrita, regulariter cancellata; anfractibus transverse sulcatis, longitudinalibus obliquis costis; labio in basalim anfractum reflexo, levi. margine distincto, elevato; columella duabus prominentibus sub-obliquis pleis; labri margine dnticulato, intus decem transversis, equidistantibus, rectes, longis stris, instructo; apertura valde auriculata, emarginata; sutura profunda. Description. Shell sub-fusiform, turrited, regularly cancellated; whorls with longitudinal, oblique ribs, sulcated transversely; inner lip reflexed on body whorl; smooth and with a distinct raised edge, extending from the base of the pillar and uniting above with the labrum in an arch; columellar with two prominent folds slightly oblique; margin of outer lip scolloped, transversely ridged within with ten ridges; ridges equi-distant, straight, long; aperture profoundly ear-shaped, emarginate; suture profound. This is the most graceful of all its congeners, and cannot be confounded with any other. … Locality. Waccamaw; Horry. Museum, College of Charleston.”
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References
Dall, W. D. 1890. Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene Silex-Beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part I. Pulmonate, opisthobranchiate and orthodont gastropods. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia, 3(1): 1-200, pls. 1-12. BHL
Tuomey, M., and F. S. Holmes. 1855-1857. Pleiocene fossils of South-Carolina: containing descriptions and figures of the Polyparia, Echinodermata and Mollusca. Russell & Jones, Charleston, South Carolina, pp. 1-30, pl. 1-8 (1855), pp. 31-144, pl. 25-28 (1856), pp. i-xvi, 145-152, pl. 29, 30 (1857). BHL
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